The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-25 00:00:00

Iti ONES MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. ALTERATION IN THE BANK RATE. A reduction of 1 per cent. has just been announced 11 ! the minimum rate of discount of the Bank of -r, agland. The movement was fully expected a wing to the t en d enc y of monetary affairs for some time past, and the improvement which is reasonably au PPesed to have taken place in the position of the rational establishment, The return, which will s PPear this afternoon, will no doubt show that the res erve of notes, the stock of bullion, and the other securities warrant the relaxation, and the general farth er of the market seem to justify the id ea t hat concessions will be speedily adopted. For 88 days past the mercantile community have been negotiati ng fi rs t- c l ass paper at 61 per cant., but the difference between this rata and the lowest charge at the Bank of England must have excluded I "te latter from active competition farthe ' i lls brought forward for negotiation. All the advers e influences which were productive of the st ringent policy which carried the price of money to 8 Per cent. have disappeared. Tne resources of t he 13 ank of France have improved, gold is no longer , re quired for tran s mission to Paris or silver in such iar. quantities for shipment to India, the exchanges h _ave all b ecome f avo urable, and there is no pres- L i tre for di scoun t s , an d bankers and brokers have r larger supplies than they are enabled to employ. Prospectus has been iesued of the Imperial Fi nancial C om p a ny, with a capital of £2, 000 , 000 , the half of which amount is to be first subsc r i bed ; S hares of £5O. The objects of this company are, 41 f course, id en ti ca l with similar existing companies. T he direct or y i s c omposed of gentlemen of high st anding in the commercial world. A prospectus has also been issued of the general Int ernational Agency Company, with a capital of 4800,000 (half to be subscribed first), in shares of XlO , "to undertake financial credit, agency, and eze hange operations in England and France. c Prospectus has been issued of the Gellivara 4: ° , l ,Pany, with a capital of £500,000, in shares of vv The object is to purchase an estate of 1,200,000 acresbeds in Sweden, containing large and productive :" of iron ore, extensive forests of pine, and a portion of agricultural land, besides saw-mills, fur ores) a shipbuilding yard, &c : The development t his property, which is to be bought for £225,000, requires a railway of about 60 miles for the trans- Port of the iron ore to the furnaces and shipping t rt ) and this (including also the construction of S wedish Canals) will cost £232,000, towards which the th e Government contribute £48,000. Pending will construction of the railway and canals, which 11 , 1 , 4 occupy three years, the vendors of the property B ;mertake that if the receipts of the company fall i t3t t of 6 per cent. they will make up any defi tile4eY• About four years back a plan was enter tined for this undertaking, but it was brought ;Ward in a less practical shape, and the period was less favourable than at present. 1 1 1 he prospectus of the English, Irish, and Foreign eol lli ng Stock Company will be found in another to . 441 n of The Sun, the object of the company being it itroduce imported patented inventions for rail aY Waggons, buffer springs, and other improve s:Ant' (by which the cost of repairs wi ll be g reatl y a nd in the construction of waggons, &s., &c.; im p r oved also f or b u ildi ng , sa l e , o r letting on lease, such ila praYed waggons to the different railwtsy com fotlies• The idea is a good one, and the gentlemen l e r sing the directory are in every way well calcu -I,;ed to c arry t h e compan y into active operation. °tll , lees of large contracts have already been t„ Two O'CLOCK. Ve ry little business is reported in the d iscoun t Market, ci T he discount firms have reduced the interest they per o n deposits to 4L- per cent. on call, and to 5 coetit.at seven days' notice. N ot the slightest variation has taken place in the Market for C onso ls, which remain at the closing tations of yesterday, viz., 91 I for money, and 91 4 g for the account. Had it not been for the going of the rate of discount some heaviness have been experienced, as there is an unfa fhttrable feeling relative to politics. The New h te es and Reduced Annuities are 91'1„ ; j b e d ( Per Bills have risen to 3 s. die . to par . ; an d ; 145 per Cents. are 104} 4. o the Foreign Stock Market there has been T fr y littl e a l tera ti on , a nd business is less active. ll : 161 h 6 per Cents., 186 2 , are 691 ; do. Conon d: 0 ' ; Greek, 221 ; Spanish Passive, 34 k ; th e . -e rtiacates, 131-, 14; Portuguese, 47 i 48 1 - ; and , donfederate Loan, 51 52. bj LeSS activity has prevailed in the Railway Share It a 4 .: ket to-day, and prices have generally give n 1 14 * Lan cas hi re an d Y or kshire and Midland E i t t p ' li e declin e d 10 s ., N or th Western 55., South ern 16 a., and Metroolitan £2. tl to e li oreigri and Colonial undertakings exhibit t roate rial alteration as regards values. fai, 4llk an d Miscellaneous Shares continue in d eo . i e quest. L on don and Brazilian have inany ned t° 58 1 ; Hindustan, China, and Jap an have are r oped „ to 30 i ; National Shipping Company Ot to g ra u°te u 1 - , prem.; Mauritius Credit, -I prem.; 11 E1 , 4 . 4° Financial, par prem.; South Eastern terc a l t l ig. C ° l33 Pany, I 11 prem. ; and General In- A t t t( i : n al Agency, to 1 prem. tc'ria (L o e hal f*Yearly meeting, today, of the Vic ado?, D r qlOged 4d; : ) Dock Company, an amendment was and a • i'utoing the meeting for one month, Sellin g PPoni f ti n visability a committee to report upon the ad- I tooththe property. During the six surin:AT idin g December last 1,137 ships, mea -104 ND SUOWi no "u 2 tons, entered the Victoria Docks, as coon ° it decrease of 124 ships, and 110,446 tons, ffilli n ; Pare d with the same period in 1862. This lierS off is a2counted for in the decrease in col tialorrating to 177 ships, measuring 106,048 GBRITISH FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. o l .„. s .. Fer '.rtli3IENT FUNDS. 0 a p 0 e 1 ti . ,..41 - etlt. Consols A.ccount, March 5 9l i i N,,,; ~uent. Reduced D irt ' Per Cent 914 1 I 1 bo 5 , Per Cent., Jan. 1873 lO5/ itt o . Jted Sea TeleoTaph), Aug. 1908. 201 . - ,quer Bills, £l,oo'o, 21 & 3 per Cent. 3 die par $4 elk England 5 die £lOO and L2OO lI NT - England Stk, 41 per Ct., last hf.-yr 239 Itie I nix GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. la S tock, 10i per Cent., April 18 7 4 213 DO tO O Account it t o 5 per Cent. July, 1570 , ,K) 1) 14 Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 911 b., 0 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 1041 b l ' t° 63 / 4 Per Cent., 4 Ma, 1879........ 110 14 itt o , ..ebentures, per Ct., April 186 1 Ditto Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 93 11 Bond s El,ooe p ir under £l,000 tt amp POREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. bi t ' l la 6 per Cent b. t 0 , 1539 a n d 1859 IOOI Dit to, per Cent., 1852-58-60 ~0, 186387 b 4 Oh Ittn Scrip, 1863, £55 paid 1 1 , r, IV". o 6 per Cent — 4.,,, t .? 41 pm Cent B3 br"an. 7 per Cent lO3 (11 , I' o Second Issue 11 1 ' 6 Per Cent., 1821-5, ex-Coupons.. 7 L• t 0 Account ," . Itto C oupous kelizlto ACCOunt lO bi l t e , a rt 3 per Cent 1 1 0 ,. ; Account 140,-,"811 Imperial 5 per Cent etuese 3 per Cent., 1853 b l . t t o Account I ,!tto 3 ner ,-, ei . k , c 1856, '7, '9, 'GO, 62,'3 — ll " i l itt .. ° Account " 4B 1 ) !Bien 5 per Cent., 1822,:£ St — t Illt t i c ' o 43/4 per Cent 1350 . 574 pa „; u per Cent, 1862 B9 ;i it 'th. 3 per Cent F . to Account 52 a 4 ij i l t t t t o New Deferred .. i.),,0 Account• 451 1)',110 Passive 1 3 ,,, 11 . 1,, Account 34 1 i 1 ) , 4 2h Cert. of Coup not funded tli r i k r, A-o,2ount I). "- G per Cent. 1854 °l,ltt Account ''ltt o n m t .. ,-, per Cent. 1358 . .. Itli.tio° Account67l 704 I 3 erC en t . 1862 V e v, itt ° Account ...e 7 b. Aiela 3 per Cont. b l f tt 6 Per Cent 1852 -- Ditto Account " 69 1) 11 , ~ D ividends on the above payable in Lond , n, -" 2 1 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gu11. l ' ' 'c`la THREE O'CLOCK. eels m oney 111 0 Account .. wow s 91 1 4 BEARS MARKETS.---This day, ORDINARY SHARES ANT) STOok,s, __ ~, • ' ',hare Railways. ! paid; Closing Busines_. I , i Price. 1 done. , 13.14.1131 r.. liVol., and Str. Val. all 8 85 25 'Blythe and Tyne. . all 10 (Bristol 100 120 121 all , 85 9 50 o t I ,c ß 7o ri r s k tol and Exeter .t**l f 103 ' 85 f 7 st Caledonian '-‘l,-.orm:l-,•?ildi Bandon all 20 10 Do A A gets no dig' ) all _ 10 D o. B tlllApc.p an.has, i all been paid to 8., 5 0 Dublin & Belfast Junc.! all 37 39 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June.l all 16 17 st Edinburgh & Glasgow.' 10',/ 045 955 et Glasg. and S. Western. 100 106 106 st GreatEarstern, Ord. stk, 100 485 iO5 48 i 5 ' st Ditto A stock st Ditto East iknglian atl 100 7 B • St Great'Northol Scotland , 100 fit Great Northern. ' 1 0 0 129 3.1 st Do A stock 1 100 136 137 1301 Ft i Do 13 do st Gt. S. ant W. of Irelan , l 100 95 07 et Great Western I 100 €45 C 5 st Do Str Val gua. stool, 100 et Lancashi:e & Yorkshire 110 1111 112 1115 st London and Blackwall 100 72 74 72i et Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 109 104 106 10of et Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 ::9 41 405 et Lon. & North Western 100 110 11051105 10 55 10 st Lon. & Sw.th Western 100 094 10(5' 99; 100 at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 515 521 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 125 Do t shares.. st Metropolitan all 109 110 1(8 71 5 5 et Midland 6.4.0 Do New st Do Birming. & Derby 100 99 101 50 ilid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 5 shares 25 Mid Kent 1 0 Do Cray Line st North British et Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 24 t 6 st Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1035 114 104 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 —— U el et Do Leeds lOO 58 59 st Do York et Do Carlisle lOO et North London 10 Do New 19.16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 11 115 et Scottish Central et Scot N. E., Aber. stool, 100 42 44 st Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 98 100 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all st Shropshire Union et South Devon.. lOO 84 36 st South Eastern st South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 100 100 102 20 Staines, Wok.,and Wok. all 65 95 26 Stockton & Darlington all 28 39 331 25 Do , .......... , l7 910 0 25 Do New, 18OG 8 7ë 81 p st Taff Vale . lOO 165 170 10 Do B 8 54 6t. 10 Do C 3 35 45 p 50 Ulster 25 Do 12.10 Do e 54 st Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO at %Vaterford & Kilkenny 100 st West Cornwall lOO 22 24 st W. 11 artlepool Har.&R lOO et West Midland --Oxford 100 at Do Newport 100 --- st Do Hereford ` 100 -4--, BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing 'hart Railways Paid. Prioe. Business done 100 Itlantio &St Lawrenc , all 59 61 8k $ Bom.,Baroda&Cent lin, 100 103 104 1031 I Gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. New . 1111 8 P. 1 P 20 Do. E. Shares ..01 Buffalo end Lame Huron all 6 1 hi lo D. Preference 00 llaflalo,Brant&Godricl . 0,„ ..... / ri p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1871 • 100 'Do. do. July 1, 187: - 100 VA I Jo. do. June 1, 1,74 100 st 4,:lcut tn.& S.l , ..astn. i Lir, 100 110 102 100 I et ,:!npeTowa J:. Dock Sori; 100 101 103 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. 6p. , 100 105 106 stook East Didion. ga. sp. c. 101 . 114 105 101 1 5 20 Do. do. 11 Ext l5 i 1 P 20 Do. do. II do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 191 205 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 73 15 731 3 100 Do. ao. deferred all 54 60 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 66 63 67 100 Do. do. deferred._ all 5 0 63 100 Do. 3d PI et stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 33 ti 100 Do. 4th Pref. sto all 26 28 2'5 100 Do. do. deferred all 22 C 5 stook GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.o 100 103/ 1041 1031 41 2 0 Do. New gua. sp. 0 l2 11 r 20 Do. January, 1862 .. .8 2 2 1 stook Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 103 IC4 1021 201 Gt. W. of Canada Sharet , all 9/ 10 91 2 0 4 ' Do. New .. . 18 11 1014 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all 92 94 1 0 ,9 Do. 5/ p. c. do. '77-8 all 85 87 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 p Ip stock Madras. guar., sp. o. stock Do. 11 p. o. Extension 100 96 98 stock Dc. 4k do lOO 1.92 96 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 -- stock Slelb.Corp. 6p. o. Buds lOO 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay all 58 60 100 Do. 7p. c. Siortg. Bds all 20 Newßr lir *wick a Can& Class A and B. all 3 5 N.ll.l.C'das pc Ist pf Ws 100 82 84 stock Soinde ...... —• • (100 102 103 stock Do. Delhi 1 4...: 100 1021 1031 20 Do. do es,. e, 2 i ip at Do. Punjaub Do. Do. ag, , 100 !Pock Do. Indus. St. F 10..) 1 1 100 , COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ,Can.Gon. Op.e.J a &Jul) ' 1877-84 ............... 100 101 103 Do. Bp. a. Feb. k Aug. 100 99 101 1011 , Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 102 104 ' Do . sp. c. Jan.&July. 10 1 83 81 90 89 1 I Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 8 9 91 ' Cape G.Hope, 6p o,187::0 100 106 108 Do.Ap &OCt. 1880 100 108 110 Do. 1890 100 110 112 !Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 108 109 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 111 113 lMauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 I Natal Gov. 6per cent.. 1)0 1(8 110 -. , 1 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.J a.&J ul) 100 101 103 Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. Gov. 5 p 1,186 t 100 99 100 Du. sp. e.,18i1 to PI( 100 99 10) —, Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 IGO 991 1 & —, !New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 ICS 110 , Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 103 105 Queensland Gcv. 6p. C lOO S. Aus (11.1p.c.1878.& up lOO 109 111 I Vic. Gov. 6P.c.Ja.&July 100 - Do. lo 6 p.c. 4n.&00/... 100 110 111 1101_1 L - BRITISH MINES. 'Cambrian Consol. Gold Clifford Amalgamated Dever' G. Cons. eravist) East Bassett (Illogan) East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ...... East Carn Brea... E. W'l Russ el (Tavistk.) ,Gam.&St.Aubyn(Grwen.; Great South Tolg - us G. Wheal Vor (Ileiston; Grenville tler;:d's-Foot ilingston Downs Lady Bertha Ilargaret (tiny Lelant Nlarke Valley.. Ilyndy Iron Ore (Lim ; New Setun North Downs N.Wh'i Baseet(lllo4an North Wheal Crotty t'ar Consols (St. Blaze> ) t'rovidenee (Uny Lelnt.) South Caradon(St Cleer S. Carn Brea (Illogan) ,S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) {{Stray Park lunar Silv.& Lead Min. ' in Crest West Basset (Illogan) C, radon (Liskeard; West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) W heal Buller (Kedruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) Wheal Ltulcott Wheal Mary Ann !Lien ) Wheal 3eton. Wheal Trelawney (Lis ) Wheal Union 1.14.0 3.4.0 8.9.0 584 17s ii.lB. 8.12 4.18.0 2.8 m 4.3.0 `1... 191 21 3.1.0 2.6.9 10.6.7 13.18.91 30.17.61 2.0.6 3.0.8 8 581 7 3.17 I id 341.64 670 680 65 70 29 30 • 6.i 7 4} 41 10 11 4 4i 2! 24 51 sa /15 37 41 41 17 19 61 7i d 8, 95 11 2} 2 2i 5 54 44 46 440 460 G 5 60 2'3 31 144 204 11 12 21 23 89 85 150 200 874 924 35 40 24 3 134 146 175 185 2 2(4 2i 24 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western Orig. 4} per cent. pf., 98 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 44 per cent. rd., 103 London, Chatham, and Dover per cent. pref., 09 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent., 124 / Mid. Consolidated, 6 per cent. stook, Ditto 44 per cent., irred., ,03 North Eastern, Ditto, 41 per cent. rd., 103 . _ PREFEITENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton, &c., per cent.. 1858, Ditto, new 4) per cent., 1863, 2} London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., HQ _ _ _ LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Wilts and Somerset. 90 1 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Blida and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 161 17 Belgian Eastern Junction, 1 Dutch Rhenish, 17i Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 11} Recite and San Francisco (lim.), gua.. 7 per cent., 17k San Paulo (lim.). gua. 7 per cent., SA Ditto (all), 21 20} FON,EIGN MINES. Cape Copper, Lim., Si Capul Silver, East del Rey (lim.), Linares, Rm., Gl Pauulcillo Copper. lim., 21 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Min. and Smelting:, 7 Port Philip, 11 Santa Barbara Gold Mine (11m.), St. John del Rey (lira.), 50 United Mexican (11m), 7 0k • DOCKS. East and West India, 141 London, 723:3 JOINT-STOCK BANKS.' Alliance Bank of Lon am and Liverpool (Um.), 461 Anglo Austrian, 6 ; 5; Bank of Egypt, 26 Bank of utago,:lim., 3; Brazilian and Portuguese, lira., 8 British and American Exchange (Um.), 181 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, ilg Ch ar tered Bank of India, Australia. and Chinn, ; Ditto, new, issued at £lO pm, 12; Consolidated Bank, lim., 10; 1 Continental, lim., 91 6 East London, lira.. 71 8 English and Swedish, Urn., 7 European Bank, lim., 0 A Hindustan, china, and Japan (lira.), 30; g ; Imperiai Bauk (lim.), .20; Imperial Ottoman, WI; Land Mortgage Bank or India, Jim., 31: London and Brazilian (lim.), 58; London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 514 1 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 20 5:1 London and Colonial (lim.), 71 London and County, 58/ 9 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exch., lim., 8/ London and IVestminster, Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 2* Oriental Bank Corporation. 64 Scinde, I'unjaub, and Deihl, lim., 7; t; 7 South Australia, :191 Standard of British South Africa (lim ), 28 1 Union of Australia, 55 Union of Loudon, 44} THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1864. mrsCZLLArrEous. Bombay Gas, limited, 4 British American Land. 241 Commercial Union (Insurance, 10 Consolidated Discount, lim , 25 2 Contract Corporation, lim., Crystal Palace, 3'l Ditto, Preference, 113 14 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb. 114 Discount Corporation limited, 1014 Egyptian Commercial' and Trading, lim., 41 English and Australian Copper, 2 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Rm., 75 I 5 Hudson's Bay. 184 4 5 International Financial Society, 124 Joint•stock Discount, lim., 04 6 London and Caledonian Marine, lim., 34 London Financial Association, Rm., 26 4 London General Omnibus Company,l2l B 4 London Provincial Marine, 35 3 Mercantile Credit Association, Rm., 115 National Discount Company, lim., 12 North Bullish and Mercantile Insurance, lira., 205 Oriental Inland Steam, Ern , 2 Peninsula and:o , iental Steam, 785 8 lihymney Iron, 29 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, Ditto (4), 4i' Z Societe Financiere d' Egypte, lim., 5i Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 7 Universal Marine (Insurance), lim., 5 West India and Pacific Steam, Ern., 4 Naval and Military Intelligence. ___,,__ THE NAVY. Her Majesty's iron frigate Hector, of 4,123 tons, and 800-horse power of engines, commanded by Captain W. Preedy, C. 8., met with unequivocal success on her final, or " commission," trial of speed on Tuesday, at the measured mile in Stokes Bay, I near Portsmouth. The ship weighed her anchor at Spithead by 9 a,m,, and soon afterwards Rear- Admiral A• Broadhead, the officer under whose supervision the trial was to take place, accompanied by his staff, Mr. J. Ward, assistant to the Chief Engineer of Portsmouth dockyard, and Mr. G. Murdoch, Inspector of Machinery Afloat, arrived on board. The engines were then turned ahead, and the ship steamed out by the eastern channel to the waterway between the Noman and Horse Forts, where she was first tested in making circles with full and half-boiler power, with these results: — Fall power—helm to starb merd,l2 men at the wheel, revolutions of engines, 57; ; lime occupied in get ting up the helm, 27 sec.; angle of rudder, 20 deg. ; turns of wheel, 24 ; time in making half-circle, 2 min. 48 sec.; ditto full circle, 5 min. 49 sec. ; revolutions of engines, 55. Full-power---helm to port, revolutions of engines, 571 ; time in getting helm up, 25 sec.; angle of rud der, 26 deg.; turns of wheel, ; time in making half circle, 2 min. 41 sec. ; ditto full circle, 6 min. 24 sec. ; revolutions of engines, 56. With half boiler power the full circle was made to starboard in 6 min. 43 sec., and to port in 5 min. 49 sec. The diameter of the circles was from two and a-half to three times the ship's length, and the ship was steered as a boat, On the conclusion of the circle experiments the ship's head was laid for the trial ground of the measured mile in Stokes Bay to test her at the more important portion of her day's work, and obtain her average rate of speed under full and half boiler power over the course of the measured mile. The ship was drawing 24ft. 2in. of water forward, now that she was under steam and her anchor stowed, and 25ft. Bin. aft, The wind was light from N.E., the water smooth as a lake, the ship's machinery was working admirably and every thing was in the s'nip's favour. At full boiler power the results were :—First run—time, 4 min. 44 sea.; speed, 12.676 knots.; steam, 20k1b.; vacaum 26k ; revolutions of engines, 581. Second run— time, 5 min. 12 sec. ; speed, 11.538 knots; steam, 221 b ; vacuum, 254 ; revolutions of engines, 59. Third run—time, 4 min. 36 sec. ; speed, 13.043 knots; steani, 201 b. ; vacuum, 251; revolutions of engines, 59. Fourth run—time, 5 min. 13 sec.;' speed, 11.501 knots ; steam, 2141 b. ; vacuum, 251; revolutions of engines, 59. Fifth run—time, 4 min. 20 sec. ; speed, 13 846 knots; steam, 211 b. ; vacuum, 251; revolutions of engines, 591. Sixth run—time, 5 min. 35 sec. ; speed, 10.746 knots ; steam, 221 b. ; vacuum, 251; revolutions of engines, 594. The mean speed of the six runs was 12.358 knots. At half-boiler power the results were :—First run— time, 4 min. 59 sec. ; speed, 12.040 knots ; steam, 211 b.; vacuum, 27; revolutions of engines, 45. Second run—time, 7 min. 6 sec. ; speed, 8'450 knots ; steam, 211 b. ; vacuum, 27 ; revolutions of engines, 48. Third run—time, 4 min. 59 sec ; speed 12.040 knots ; steam, 221 b. ; vacuum, 27 ; revolu tions of engines, 49. Fourth run—time 7 min. 7 sec. ; speed, 8.430 knots ; steam 221 b; vacuum, 27; revolutions of engines 49. The mean speed of the four runs was 10.242 knots. The temperatures were as follow the first run, on deck, at full power, 38 deg. ; at half-power, 44 deg. In the engine-room—forepart, 74 deg. at full-power, and 74 deg. at half-power ; middle, 64 deg. at full. power, and 64 deg. at half-power ; aft, 68 deg. at full-power, and 69 deg. at half-power. In the stokehole—forepart, 94 deg. at full-power, and 80 deg. at half-power; middle, 109 deg. at full-power, and 108 deg. half ; aft, 103 deg. full, 105 deg. half power. In the last runs the maximum temperature in the engine room was 78 deg., and in the stoke hole 124. The Hector by her full power rate of speed takes a position just below the Royal Oak, the actual difference being between 12.358 knots of the Hector and 12528 knots of the Royal Oak; but she beats both the Defence and the Re sistance. On the whole her trials of Tuesday must be considered a great success as compared with her trial previous to being placed in commission, when she only averaged 11.843 knots. The unpleasant yet positive fact, however, remains that this success has only been attained at the cost of the ship's effi ciency. Her armaments has been reduced from 34 to 24 guns, while her cupola furnace for supplying molten iron for shells, her spare fans for the screw, and every other available spare weight have been landed, her coals have been reduced from 440 tons (her complement) to 350 tons, her warrant officers' and other stores in proportion, and her stores of pro- visions to only one month's salt and two months' dry. As the Hector will not very probably be sent to a more distant station than the Mediterranean, this short supply of stores and provisions may be of little real moment, as she can fill up at every port she may call in. The loss of the third of her ar mament, however, is, in appearance, a far more serious matter, yet even in this instance, when it is considered that the guns on board the Hector only fire cast-iron projectiles, and are therefore harmless against iron armoured ships, it can be but of little consequence whether she carries one or 50 of such weapons, and the Admiralty have therefore done wisely in sacrificing the ship's guns to her speed. The ship now carries on her main deck 20 95cwt. 68epounder guns and on her upper deck four 110- pounder rifled Armstrongs, besides her complement of boat guns, thus carrying no breech-loading guns on main-deck. Inboard the ship is in the most per• feet order, which reflects the highest possible credit upon Capt. Preedy and his officers, when the short time the ship has been in commission is consi dered. The ship would be officially inspected at Spithead by Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Sey mour, G.C.8., and to-day at daylight she is expected Ito sail for Portland, where she will meet the Chan nel Fleet on.their return from Lisbon. As regards the ship's machinery, none could have worked better than did the Hector's on Tuesday during the trials. The makers, Messrs. J. Napier and Sons, of Glas gow, were represented by Mr. J. Brown. The en• guaes were in charge of Mr. Dickson, the able engineer of the ship. The ship was very steady under steam, very little vibration of any kind being experienced. The following appointments and promotions have been made at the Admiralty :—William Donnison, ohief-engineer, to the Indus, for the Megmra, when the latter is paid off; N. F. Hockerston, assist.- engineer, to the Asia; Alex. G. Smith, assist.-engi neer, to the Dromedary ; William Lawson, in the Styx, and George Duncan, in the Princess Char lotte, promoted to acting first-class assist.-engineers ; Robert B. Turner, in the Prince Consort, James A. shawyer, in the Pylades, Aaron H. Symes, in the Princess Royal, and Edward Chambers, in the Hogue, promoted to firat-class assist.-engineers. THE ARMY. The expenditure upon the new cavalry barracks at Colchester to the close of 1863 was £68,645. A vote of £30,000 is proposed to be made in the cur rent financial year for the further prosecution of the work, and it is calculated that £19,000 will be required in 1865-6, THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA 43 paid to be expected in Berlin ere lug, Provident; Clerks' Benevolent Fi ANNUAL MEETING. The twenty-third annual meeting of the sub scribers to the meritorious fund, which is in connec tion with the Provident Clerks' Life Assurance As sociation, was held last night at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., treasurer of the Fund, presided. The following is the annual report, which was read by Mr. M r . T. Linford : The Board of Management hove much pleasure in pre senting to the members and friends of the fund their 231 annual report, and in congratulating them on the continued prosperous condition of the institution. The income of the year 1853 was as follows :--Fr.ena annual subscriptions, £697 4s; life ditto, £ll ; annual subscriptions of 53. I,nd upwards from members being clerks, 83 ; donations, £390 5s ; interest, dividends, &c., £l,OBl 163 41: the Provident Clerks' Iklutual Life Association, being the proportion of :bonus to December 31, 1862, £2,049; total, £5,056 13s 101. The last-named item, viz., the bonus from life assurance, will doubtless afford great satisfaction to the members, evincing, as it does, how completely the two institutions mutually ac t an d re act to the benefit of each other, and affording to the board at these divisions the opportunity of largely increasing the list of annuitants. By the very handsome contribution made from this source on the present occasion, the assets of the funds are in creased to £27,868. The sum of £225 15s 61 has been dis tributed in gratuities during past year. Pursuant to the resolution of the last annual general meeting, an election of annuitants took place, on the 28th May last, when the fol lowing were elected, viz. :—One clerk to an annuity of £35, one clerk to an annuity of £3O, four widows to annuities of £2O each, two widows to annuities of £l5 each ; making a total of £175 per annum. Five annuitants having died during the year, viz., four clerks and one widow, and one annuity has been relinquished by a widow, whose cir cumstances no longer require it. There were on the fund on the 31st of December last 65 annni tants, who wore receiving collectively £1,195 per annum. The board now recommend that 12 additional annuitants, viz., 4 clerks and 8 widows of clerks, be elected. A resolu tion to the above effect will be submitted to the meeting. The board have deemed it advisable to seek for two other gentlemen, in addition to those at present appointed audi tors; and they have been so fortunate as to secure the ser vices in that capacity of Willianr Sander Higley, Esq., manager of the London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, and James Gray, Esq., Chief Accountant to the London and County Bank. , The above gentlemen having kindly consented to act, have been provisionally appointed by the board, and their election, in accordance with the rules, will be submitted for confirmation at this meeting The board cannot close this report without expressing the pleasure it affords them thus largely to increase the number of annui tants. To the merchants and bankers of London especially the fund is deeply indebted for their generous and valuable support, to which the increased subscription list of the last two years bears ample testimony. Many new and impor tant mercantile establishments have arisen during the last few years, and the board hope to see the means of the fund still further increased from this source—but they cannot lose sight of the fact that the true strength of the fund should be found in the contributions of the clerks them selves,—not only of those to whom the benefits conferred by the fund are of-serious moment, but of those who are themselves removed by Providence from the fear of indi gence, and to whom their less fortunate brethren have a right to look for sympathy and assistance in their hour of need. The CHAIRMAN said it was a very agreeable duty to ask the members then assembled to receive and adopt the gratifying report just read, and he was sure they would all participate in the pleasurable feelings with which he was then impressed, in living to see the Provident Clerks' Benevolent Association make so great an advancement. (Hear, hear.) He must, however, say that he was sorry the clerks of this great commercial country did not help themselves as they ought, and no one was more convinced than he wae, that it did not receive the cordial and general support its intrinsic merits entitled it to. Ho would not say one word of those to whom a guinea was an object, but he felt there were many, and a very great many, to whom that sum was quite insignifi cant who withheld their subscriptions from the fund. (Hear, hear.) Many a clerk in the pursuit of pleasure did not grudge to give five guineas for a dinner at the Star and Garter at Richmond, yet they did grudge to give one to the Benevolent Fund, whose aim and object was to assist and re lieve their brethren in times of difficulty and misfortune. It could not be because there was no merit in the institution, or that an ill-feeling existed against them, but there appeared to be a reluctance on the part of many in a position to help the association, which was not at all praiseworthy. If he knew how to excite the benevolence of those who yet withheld their support, he should be only too happy to do so, but the great difficulty was that he did not know how to get at them, and if there were any present that evening who were in a better position with respect to those of whom he spoke they were at perfect liberty to represent his feelings to them. (Hear, hear.) The Association had in it all that was good and praiseworthy, and having these elements it ought to take its proper position amongst those admirable institutions which were an honour to the English nation. (Hear, hear.) When it was first established he knew its founda tion was sound, and it did give him infinite pleasure to find that since that period it had steadily pro. greased until its income amounted to over £3,000 per annum. Those who had contributed to this beneficent end he was sure would feel adequately rewarded by the reflection of the good they had done and the good they were doing, and not withstanding the god- sen d t h e y had received from the Provident Cl er k s ' Life Assurance Association, he hoped they would all continue to labour for the prosperity o f an i n stitution whose object was so pure and praiseworthy. (Cheers.) The motion of the chairman having been seconded, it was put to the meeting and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said, in order to avoid any diffi culty that might arise from the absence at any time of the gentlemen who kindly acted as auditors, the directors had elected tare additional gentlemen who had given their valuable support to the institution _viz., William Sanders Higley, Eq., manager of the London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, and James Gray, Esq., chief accountant of the London and County B ink. The directors had given them a most satisfactory report, and he felt certain the meeting would feel it a pleas u re in confirming an act of theirs—viz., the election of Mr. Higley and Mr. Gray as auditors. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. R. H. JONES, chairman of the fund, moved a resolution to the effect that, on the 26th of May, or some other day to be appointed, 12 additional annuitants—viz., four clerks and eight widows— be added to those already on the fund. He said the success that had attended them during the past year had enabled them to make the great addi tion to the list of annuitants mentioned in the reso lution. It was a gratification to ask them to assent to such a proposition, and h e was c ertain they He had drawn out a few stati s ti cs to rea d to th em , but he would refrain from doi ng so, and s i mp l y te ll would sanction the propositi on of the di rec t ors . them that in 10 years they had doubled their capi tal—(hear, hear)—that since the commencement they had given L 11,500 to 93 annuitants, that they had given gratuities of £2,009 and u pwards to others, that they had lent £35 ,000 amongst 1790 members, and that they had lost b ut about 11 per cent. in the repayments. (R ear , h ear.) Mr. WELCH, deputy chairma n , said it was with the utmost pleasure he second e d the reso l ut i on , because he felt it would give comfort and happi ness to those really deserving it. He regrette d that the leading clerks of the country abstained from giving them their support ; and although he had frequently appealed to th ose holding hi g h positions, he often failed in g e t t i ng the gu i nea . He regretted the small amount they re ceived in annual subscriptions, but he hoped they would increase. He Could not tell why it was, but it was a fact n otwithstanding, that scarcely one of the names of those charitable persons in the higher classes of society appeared in their list. He was quite at a loss t o account for such a circumstance, because clerks were concerned in o w b h t aliparts of the world, necessary to the ern sent. i a c i h n i n w g e r l e u x c u o r n i s e i s d e f r r e o d m Another claim he thought the clerks had upon the public generally for support was, the largo amount they contributed amongst themselves for the relief and support of their more unfortunate brethren. The CHAIRMAN said it was a very agreeable duty to put the resolution to the meeting. He was not quite sure he agreed with Mr. Welch in his obser vations relative to the absence of the names of the charitable aristocracy from their lists. (Hear, hear.) He looked upon that already achieved with very great pride, because It had been done b y the city and the clerks themselves. (Cheers.) He th ought indeed it was the bounden duty of the c.le rks to make this institution, as far tis they r aason ably could, a self-supporting one, and he :looked with pride upon its present position. .Althi.Aigh he would not quarrel with Mr. Welch if her In 'ought them £l,OOO from the west, or reject the ti ra L t, yet he did hope that the clerks themselves w'o,lld see the great necessity of putting their shoulders t. l the wheel and thus place their institution in the highest position by their own E [far ts , (Hear, hear.) The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. LLOYD moved a vote of thanks to the trus tees and treasurer. He was certain he need not say a single word in praise of those gentlemen, They all knew hew much they owed to them, and they also know what an excellent friend their treasurer had been. (Cheers.) He was rejoiced that the fund had nearly arrived at that point to which he wished to see it come, as they could now pay their annuitants, within a fraction, from the interest on their invested fund. (Cheers.) He thought if more were given in shape of gratuities, a very beneficial result would follow ; and with respect to the higher clerks with holding their support, he thought it arose from the false shame of being put down as clerks 'that pre vented many from subscribing. He thought if they could surmount that feeling of false pride, all would go well. He could not understand a man being ashamed of his position, and he felt that he who was so, would never arrive at a very exalted station in society. Mr. MINTON seconded the motion. He also thought that if more was given in gratuities and relief afforded in sickness, it would greatly increase their members. Mr. LINFORD then put the resolution, and de clared it carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said nothing could be more gra tifying to him than the vote they had just passed. Mr. Baring, one of their trustees, he knew was only kept away by his invitation to the Speaker's dinner, which was a sort of command, and although Baron Rothschild was too ill to attend, he was certain that both he and the other two gentlemen, Mr. Prescott and Mr. Hankey, took the most lively in terest in their welfare and prosperity. (Cheers.) With respect to the observations of Mr. Lloyd, he felt there was much force in them; but he (the chairman) must say that some of his most valued friends had been clerks. (Loud cheers.) It was a very difficult thing to give away money without doing more harm than good; and to insure its being used properly in its distribution the greatsst judgment and discre tion was necessary. And with respect to giving relief in sickness, he thought it a shame and a dis grace for a principal to let a clerk want in sickness. (Loud cheers.) He did not think it was right that the Fund should be expected to stand in place of the duty the principal owed to his suffering employe. At the same time he was glad to be able to assure Mr. Lloyd that every application for aid had been granted after proper examination of the merits of the case. For his own part ho should not be afraid to go even a little faster than the board, though they were very right to keep the fund in such a state that annuitants should always be sere of their money. (Cheers.) He found there was nothing on his paper that would afford him an opportunity of returning his thanks to the directors for the great care they had _bestowed on the fund for the past year, so he would be guilty of a little irregularity, and move a vote of thanks to them, trusting to the meeting to give him a seconder. The motion was immediately seconded by about a dozen gentlemen rising to contend for the honour, and carried unanimously. Mr. JONES, on the part of his colleagues, returned thanks. Mr. DAWSON moved, and Mr. REYNOLDS se conded a vote of thanks to the auditors, and The CHAIRMAN, in putting .the resolution, said he could not over-estimate the value or importance of Mr. Scudamore joining the Fund, occupying as he did so distinguished a position in the Post-office. The motion was carried. Mr. SCUDAMOBE said he was almost ashamed of receiving so many thanks for doing so little. He hoped it Would, as time progressed, become harder. (Hear.) He had been a clerk all his life. (Hear.) He entered the Government service as a clerk, and he hoped to do so until he was pensioned and turned off. (Laughter and cheers.) He should like to see all the Government clerks giving their support to the ProvidenZ, Clerks' Benevolent Fund. Mr, JEPPS moved a vote of thanks to the chair man. Mr. LLOYD, in seconding it, referred to the sub ject of the foundation of a school for the children of clerks, and said he was quite prepared to fulfil the promise he made last year, as soon as a committee was appointed. The CHAIRMAN, in acknowledging the vote, said he had not lost sight of the proposition of Mr. Lloyd, and he might depend upon it he would do all in'' hie power to aid him in his praiseworthy endeavour. The proceedings then terminated. THE UNITED STATES SANATORY COMMISSION. — A meeting was held on Saturday evening last, at Messrs. Wheeler and Wilson's, 139, Regent-street--the Hon. Freeman H. Morse, U.S. Consul, in the chair—and which was attended by all the principal Americans in Lon don, in order to organise a committee to work in conjunc tion with one formed in Paris, to obtain subscriptions in money or goods for the great Fair which is to be held in New York on the 28th of March, for the benefit of the sanatory commission. Judge Winter, in an eloquent speech, explained the object of the society, which is to grant addi tional aid to wounded soldiers, whether Federal or Confe derate, and also to assist in the sanatory arrangements of the army. No doubt thousands of lives have been saved through the efforts of the commission, and thousands more of crippled and wounded soldiers passed on to their homes, and aseisted with money and clothing. More than 70 millions of dollars have been collected in the States for the commis sion since its foundation ; but even this large sum is inadequate to the calls made upon their funds, owing to the immense armies that are in the field, and the unhealthy climate in which some of them are engaged. The Anglo- American Committee, therefore, propose to obtain subscrip tions from Americans residing in England, and from any other parties who are interested in alleviating in some de gree the horrors of this unhappy civil war. Cyrus W. Field, Esq., stated that Mr. Elliott, of the firm of Glass and Elliott, telegraphic cable manufacturers, has offered, with a truly noble liberality, 1,000 tons of coal, raised from his own collieries, and which he will transport free to a port for shipment, and no doubt many others will be found to interest themselves in this purely philanthropic measure, which is not a party question, but one of general interest to all who would wish to relieve suffering humanity from what ever cause. A subscription list was opened in the room, and a permanent committee formed, The Hon. F. H. Morse was elected president, C. W.lField, Esq., R. Hunting, Esq., and Judge Winter, vice-presidents; and Mr. Starr, of the firm of Wheatley and Starr, of Cheapside, hon. secretary and treasurer. Dudley, Esq., U.S. Consul at Liverpool, ex plained to tho meeting that Messrs. Guyon and Co., of that town, had offered to carry by their ships goods in tended for the fair free of all charge, and he (Mr. Dudley), would receive and ship all which were forwarded to him. Messrs. Wheatley and Starr will receive goods in London, and the treasurer any subscription that may be sent to him. It was also made known that several of the nobility, and many other ladies were engaged in collecting articles for the fair ; amongst others, Miss Fanny Kemble, is making a collection of valuable autographs, which, no doubt, will realise a considerable sum. We hope that those parties who have been doing a large and profitable business with America, will follow the noble example of Mr. Elliott, and contribute to the necessities of their suffering brethren in the States—putting aside all the party feeling; for, although the United States Government do all that energy and unlimited means will allow, still the prie ate and volun tary aid of the Commission in assisting :the sick and wounded of both parties in the camp, the hospital, and the prison, cannot be overrated ; and thousands on thousands of both Federals and Confederates will shower blessings in after years upon this humane work, Daring the late severe weather it became neces sary to issue an extra allowance of fuel to the troops at Aldershott. The bullion operations at the Bank yesterday comprised an influx of £27,000 in bar gold, and the withdrawal of 82,000 sovereigns for transmis sion to Alexandria. The issue has been announced of the balance of the Ottoman Loan of 1863, specially reserved in April last. The present holders have a preferential option of subscribing to this operation in the pro portion of one new for every three existing bonds. The number now to be emitted is 100,000 of £2O each, bearing 6 per cent. interest from the let of january last fkt the price of 68. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. PORTUGAL. LISBON, Feb. 23.—There is no truth in the state ment that the Count de Paiva is to be transferred from the embassy of Paris to that of Madrid. The Count is about to repair to Lisbon to take part in I. he labours of the Chamber of Peers, and will after ward's resume his duties at Paris. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. Bank of England Return,•--^this Evening. An fiLlcount, pursuant to the Act 7th and sth Victoria, cap. 32, .for the week ending on Wednesday, the 2lth day cf Feb., NM ISSUE DEPAIMMENT. Notes i5euect;......X27,703,030 7, 703,050 DANEING D . Proprietors' Capi tal £14.553.000 Rest .. 3,530,094 Public Deposits (in cludi 0. Exche quer, " • Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- counts) M 8,153,601 Other Deposits 12,420,673 Seven Day and other Bills 532,956 Feb. 25, 1861. £39,202,321 Government Debt .411,015,1C° Other Securities .. 3.031,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 13,053,018 Silver Bullion £27,703,080 ZPARTMENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £ 11,174,584 Other Securities 19.233,243 Notes Good n and ,Silver 766,332 £39,202,324 ;ARSHALL, Chief Cashier. T.A.TTERSALLS'—This Evening, LIVERPOOL STaEFLECHASE. 15 to 2 agst Bantam (offered) 12 to 1 agst Emblematic (offered) 15 to 1 agst Wee Nell (taken) 100 to 6 agst Emblem (taken) 20 to 1 agst Serious Case (taken) 20 to 1 agst Worcester (take 25 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Amy (take 25 to 1) 40 to 1 agst Bell's Life (taken) 50 to 1 agst Arbury (taken) 66 to 1 agst Leonidas (taken) CHESTER CUP. 30 to 1 agst Little Stag (taken) THE DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered) 14 to 1 agst Cambuscan 18 to 1 agst Forager (take 20 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Prince Arthur (taken) 25 to agst Blair Athol (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Valiant (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Copenhagen (taken) ARRIVALS AT HUNGERFORD. Earl of Surrey, Turn of Luck, Violet, Lavender, Even hand, Glowworm, Verbena, Baliverne, Miss Emma, Fast Runner, Deception, Cervus, Victoria Cross, Wolfhound, Vindicta, Kennett, Surbiton, Burlesque filly, King Cotton, Glendusk, Peignoir, Reindeer, Rosette, Black Strap, Quiz, Mrs Carter filly, Monmouth, Love Letter, Lady Alice filly, Biragne, Phcobus, Dunraven, Diploma, Virginia, Bedouin, Do Grcy, Loup Garou colt. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OP LORDS—This Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS, The following bills were read a second time:—Bromley Railway ; North Kent and Kent Water Yale of Crick howell Railway. PETITIONS. Earl DERBY presented a petition from the inhabitants of Bishopsgate Ward, in the city of London, praying their lordships to protect them from the inroads of nine proposed railways. These railways did not include the North Lon don Railway, which had already taken four acres of ground from the ward. THE SEIZURE OF RAMS IN THE MERSEY. The Earl of DERBY again referred to the question he had put to the noble earl on a former occasion respecting the seizure of the steam rams in the Mersey, the produc tion of which he had stated would be injurious to the public service. Since that answer, the matter had been discussed in another place, and the greater portion of the correspon dence had been promised to be produced. He should like to know whether the noble earl was still of opinion that the production of those papers would be prejudicial to the pub lie service, and if not, he should like to know what had caused the revolution is his opinion. Earl RUSSELL said the noble earl had somewhat mis represented his reply. The answer he had given was, the iaw officers of the Crown considered the production of those papers would result in incomplete discussions of the legal point at issue, and thus prejudice the result of the cause:before the courts of law. The reason that had led him to make that observation was that the law officers of the Crown had given it as their opinion that the papers should be produced. He gave that answer when he was asked to lay the papers on the table of the house. Since the law officers had stated in the other house that there would be no objection to give the majority of the papers asked for, he (Earl Russell) had no objection as far as he was concerned that the papers should be given to Parliament. In accordance with the promise he had given the noble earl on a former occasion, that he would look over the correspondence, he now begged to lay on the table the papers he had selected. A short discussion then ensued, in which the Earl of Derby, Lord Chelmsford, Earl Granville, and the Earl of Carnarvon took place, at the termination of which the sub ject dropped. THE AFFAIRS OF DENMARK. The Earl of MALMESBURY asked that further and more recent information with regard to the state of Den mark should be published. The noble earl said that numer ous statements were daily appearing in the public papers, which were doubtless in many respects unreliable. They were obliged to collect information kona garbled statements made in the German and French newspapers and pamphlets, as they were not provided with reliable information. Earl RUSSELL said a great deal of the correspondence asked for by the noble earl had been published that morning. - THE CASE OP CAPTAIN WHYTE. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE asked whether the arbitrators in Captain Melville IVhyte's case, against the Government of Peru, had given, or were likely soon to give, a decision in that matter ? Earl RUSSELL said that one of the senators of Hamburg had the papers before him, with a view of making his report to the senate of Hamburg. to whom the matter had been referred. He would see if he could not take steps to expe dite their decision. Their lordships then adjourned. ROUSE OP COMMONS—This Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock, PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion for the second reading of the Archway and Kentish Town Junction Road Bill, Mr. COX moved as an amendment that the bill be read a second time L that day Isis months. He said that all the tolls surrounding the neighbourhood had been abolished. The sum realized by the proposed toll bar was only A2OO a year, the expenses were £lO5 a year, which dld not include th 3 lighting and repairing of the road, Loth of which were defrayed by the parish of St. Pancras. Lord FERMOY seconded the motion in accordance with the wishes of his constituency, and said that the attempt to procure an extension of the powers of this trust was what was now familiarly known as an attempt to run the blockade. (Laughter.) Sir W. JOLIFFE opposed the bill. Mr. WATLINGTON hoped that the house would allow this bill to go into committee. Viscount ENFIELD said that although his name was on the back of the bill he had endorsed it without a know.. ledge of its contents. Ile had had an opportunity of perusing them since then, and he could not support the second reading of the bill. (Hear, hear.) Mr. 11. LEWIS supported the bill. Mr. MASSEY considered that under the circumstances the:promoters of the bill would be only throwing good money after bad, and that consequently the motion should be re jected. The motion was negatived without a division. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented for the repeal of the duty on malt, for the abolition of the duty on fire insur ances, lie. TENURE AND IMPROVEMENT OF LAND (IRELAND), On the motion of Mr. DAIUIY GRIFFITH, several returns in connection with this subject were ordered. NEW WRIT. _ _ _ On the motion of Mr. BRAND a writ was ordered to issue for the election of a knight of the shire for Hertford, in the room of Mr. Puller, &Teased. OFFICERS OF THE INDIAN ARMY. - --- - In reply to Captain JERVIS, Sir C. WOOD said there wore certain difficulties in re ference to this subject, but it was under consideration. TIII•; SUEZ CANAL. In reply to Mr. Itolmucx, Mr. LAYARD said chat the correspondence which had taken place with the Pusha of Egypt and other diplomatic agents in reference to this undertaking could not with pro priety be produced when negotiations on the subject were still going on. EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND, In reply to Mr. LESLIE, The LORD-ADVOCATE said that in conformity with the wishes of Scotch members, he made a proposal to her Majesty's Government to issue a commission on this sub ject, but it had not been considered necessary to adopt that formal procedure, as the necessary information could be obtained by other means. The Government had not seen any reason to induce them to alter their opinion, THE ILLUMINATED CLOCK AT THE PALACE OF WESTMINSTER. In reply to Mr. PACKS, Mr. COWPER said that the clock was lighted when the illumination was considered most necessary, but if hon. members desired it, he had no objection that the illumina tion be continued al night. ALLEGED ARREST OF INHABITANTS OF GRA VENSTEIN. Ia reply to Mr. D. GRIFFITH, Lord PALMERSTON, who was loudly cheered when he entered the house, said the Government had received no information as to the arrest of inhabitants of Gravenstein. THE CASE OF THE TUSCALOOZA. In reply to Mr. PEACOCKE, Lord PALMERSTON said that it was in conformity with the instructions received that the authorities at the Cape of Good Hope had seized this vessel, but on represen tations that had been made to the Government, and on full consideration of the case, it had been determined that there had been no proper ground for the seizure of the vessel. and its release had been ordered. RUMOURED BLOCKADE BY DENMARK OF THE GERMAN PORTS. Sir W. FORSTER asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Danish Government had given notice of any intention to blockade any of the Ger man ports ; and also, what notice is required in case such blockade be instituted ? Mr. LAYARD said that the Government had not re ceived any notice of an intention on the part of the Danish Government of such blockade, and if there were any such intention a notice of the same would be duly announced in the Gazette. ASSISTANCE OF ENGLAND CLAIMED BY DENMARK. _ _ Mr. M'EVOY asked the the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it was trute that the Danish Go vernment had officially claimed the active assistance of England on the ground or the London Protocol: And whether the Government were aware that a similar application had been addressed to the French Government with an intimation in each case that if refused the Danish Government would avail themselves of the assistance alleged to have been offered by the Govern ment of the King of Italy ? Mr. LAYARD said that under the treaty there was no guarantee of interference given under the protocol, He took that opportunity of stating that, in addition to Danish papers already in the hands of hon. members, he would be able to lay another instalment to-morrow on the table, and the remaining papers on Monday and Tuesday. (Hear, hear.) He could assure the house that no unnes sary delay had occurred in the production of these docu beets. (Hear, hear.) CONFERENCE ON THE AFFAIRS or DENMARK Mr, D. GRIFFITH asked the First Lord of the Trea sury whether it is true that Prussia and Austria have agreed to a conference on the affairs of Denmark; and, if so, whether that engagement involves an immediate sus pension of hostilities between those Powers and( Denmark? Lord PALMERSTON said—the great object of her Majesty's Government during the negotiations that have taken place has been to bring about an amicable arrange ment between the German Powers and Denmark. (Hear, hear) We proposed, in the first instance, an armistice, but both parties proposed such con ditions neither as could agree to. We have now pro posed a conference—(hear, hear)—to which Austria and Prussia have agreed, as well as France, and wo have reason to believe that it will also be agreed to by Russia. I am not sure about Denmark and Sweden, and, in conse quence the proposal has not been concluded. OCCUPATION OF JUTL.4ND. In reply to Lord J. MANNERS, Lord PALMERSTON said what has been heard about Jutland is that the troops had entered it, but on the repre sentation made at Berlin, it was stated that the occupation was not only against the wish but the actual instruction of the Government, and the commander in-chief would be reprimanded. At the same time, how ever, it was stated that the occupation of the place was a great strategic operation, and would be continued. (Laugh ter.) The Prussian end German Powers say they will ad here to the Treaty of 1852, and maintain the integrity of the Danish monarchy. With regard to the German Diet they had been asked to send a representative to the come rence, but I do not know what they will do. THE NAVY ESTIMATES. On the motion for going into committee of supply on the navy estimates, Mr. LINDSAY addressed the house at some length, and complained of the want of economy in the construction vessels in the public dockyards. He cited the recommen dations of the lords commissioners on this subject, and con cluded by moving an amendment that the suggestions in, their report should be adopted. Sir F. SMITH opposed the amendment. Lord C. PAGET defended the course which the Admi• ralty had adopted in reference to the subject. [LEFT SITTING.] POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. FIFTY CHARGES OF DESTROYING CLOTHES IN WOR-• HOUSES IN A MONTH.—Not a day has passed for the last few weeks without charges of destroying clothes being brought before the magistrates at this court from St. George's, St. James's, end St. Martin's workhouses, and notwithstanding the magistrates have in all cases sent the offenders to prison for terms of either 21 days or a month, the offence does not appear to be on the decrease. This morning three men were brought before Mr. Knox charged with destroying the clothing, two from St. Martin's and one from St. George's. The prisoners made the usual defence in such cases—that their clothing was dirty, and they destroyed them so as to get others. They were com mitted for 21 days each. There was a meeting to•day of the shareholders of the Oriental and General Marine Insurance Com pany, at which Mr. Elias Mocatta presided, The report was unanimously adopted, and interest at the rate of £5 per cent, was ordered to be paid. The balance, £63,935 I ls., was ordered to be carried to next account. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are, in round figures, as under:— 1864. 1863. Great Weaternx £53,468 £50,243 North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland 41,140 37,785 South Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 31,920 31,300 Bristol and Exeter Great Eastern North Eastern 60,914 47,851 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 16,255 14,240 Midland and Great Western of Ireland Glasgow and South-Western These returns, compared with those of the same period of last year, are with one or two exception s very favourable. Oa the pleasure lines there is a falling off—viz., on the Brighton of £143, on th e South Western of £139, and on the South Eastern of £264. The Great Western, however, shows an increase of £3,225, the North Western of £8,164 ; the Midland of £3,355, the Great Northern of £4,727, the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £3,620, the Great Eastern of £1,190, the North Eastern o; £3,063, the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £2,015, and the Glasgow and South Western of £244. THE BAPTISM OF THE GRAND DUKE PETER, eon of the Grand Duko Nicholas, has just taken place at the winter palace. The godfathers were the Emperor, the Grand Duke Constantine, the Grand Duke Nicholas, brother of the young Prince, and Prince Peter of Olden burg. The godmothers were the Queen Dowager of Hol land, and the Grand Duchesses Helen, Maria, and Olga. THE NATIONAL POLISH LEAGUE.—A general meeting of the members of this league was held last evening at the Whittington Club, Strand—Mr. Edmond Beaks in the chair. Mr. J. R. Taylor, the hon. secretary read a mass of correspondence from all parts of the country breathing a spirit of sympathy for Poland, amongst other letters from the Earl of Shaftesbury, and from H. Datronet secretary to the Polish Central Committee in Paris. He also reported the receipt of a large number of extensively signed petitions in favour of the recegnition of the bellige• rent rights of Poland, and that a great number were still in circulation throughout the United Kingdom. When these were all collected steps would be taken to get them pre. rented to Parliament at a favourable opportunity. The usual routine business, of the league having been transacted, the chairman said ho desired to put the league in possession 0 the latest authentic news ho had received from Poland. It would, of course, not be wise for him to enter into details, but he could state upon authority that the insurrection was now in a more hopeful state than it had been at _ B an: , time since its commencement. The whole nation — a u r n i it t e( i cracy, middle classes, and the peasantry .— wereroeisly and well as one man, end early in the:l)ring 1 1 1 . n b u eTn the field ready equipped Pclish national army to take advantage of those com;t necessity arise. in Europe during he gwere watching events, ieTtsfewwhmi months. t m h a u . s t A o n f outbreak in Italy and ThingadrYerrns moment, and the Polish elleo;ramsil:tubme looked any although not idle, as Ilia tOIIthS had passed away the cane triumph.. onc iudl hoped that before three Eri au (Loud the meeting• of Polish nationality cheers.) A votewoofultdsabuoliosntotlatheeecvho:lionnf l er 1 . of